Major monocrystalline wafer producer Longi Silicon Materials said its deputy general manager has resigned.

Longi said the resignation of Mr Huang Lixin was due to personal reasons and noted he had made a commendable contribution to the development of the company during his tenure.

Longi has aggressive capacity expansion plans across ingot/wafer to solar cell/modules, having announced several gigawatts of expansions, including an integrated mono c-Si solar cell and module plant in India.